Umbrella-support for carriages.



J. 0. WILLIAMS & A. B. CONNER.

UMBRELLA SUPPORT FOR CABRIAGES.

APPLIQATIQN FILED KAY 25, 1908.

Patented 001;. 27, 1908 THE mamas rzrnrsru" wasumcmu, n. c.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFTQ.

JACOB CARLTON WILLIAMS AND ANGUS B. OONNER, OF SOPERTON, GEORGIA.

UMBRELLA-SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGES.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JACOB CARLTON lViL- LIAMS and Axons B. CoNNniz, citizens of the United States, residing at Soperton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella-Supports for Carriages; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for supporting umbrellas upon carriages and consists essentially in the provision of a socket plate, fastened at any convenient location, preferably upon the back of the seat, and having intersecting slots formed in the upper end thereof designed to receive a shouldered portion of the umbrella supporting standard and hold the latter in different adjusted positions.

The invention comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view showing the application of the invention to the seat of a carriage. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in rear elevation, showing the socket plate and the manner of holding the standard. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective of the socket plate showing the intersecting slots or recesses in the end thereof, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the lower end of the standard which supports the umbrella stick.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a plate of metal having screw holes B therein, whereby the plate may be securely held to any suitable part of the box and carriage, preferably the back of the seat as illustrated in the drawings. Said plate has an integral cylindrical portion A having a central longitudinal aperture D extending therethrough for the reception of the cylindrical end E of the integral supporting standard E. The upper end of said cylindrical por- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27', 1908.

Serial No. 434,986.

tion of the plate is provided with intersecting slots, designated by letter F. Said slots radiate from the center of the cylindrical portion of the plate and extend a short distance downward and are adapted to receive the shouldered portions K of said standard, which shouldered portions rest upon the bottoms of two of the registering slots. The upper portion of the standard is provided with a laterally projecting arm having an eye bolt N having a threaded shank 0 passing through an aperture in the end of the standard and seated in a recessed socket head O. Said shank portion 0 of the bolt passes through the aperture in the standard and is adapted to be engaged by the thumb nut T intermediate which and the standard is a washer T.

By the provision of a socket plate as shown and described, it will be noted that a simple and efficient means is afforded for securely holding the standard in difi'erent positions. When it is desired to throw the standard to one side or the other, it may be done by simply lifting up a short distance upon the latter and turning the same about to the position in which it is desired to have it held, after which the standard will fall by gravity into the slots and be held in such adjusted position. The umbrella may be easily and quickly removed by merely lifting the standard out of the socket plate.

WVhat we claim to be new is 1. An umbrella supporting device for carriages comprising a socket plate having a hollow cylindrical portion provided with oppositely disposed wings, said cylindrical portion projecting at one end beyond said wings and having intersecting slots, a standard provided wlth a contracted end extending through said cylindrical portion of the plate and having a flat shank portion terminating in shoulders adapted to rest in said slots, and means upon said standard for clamping an umbrella stick, as set forth.

2. An umbrella supporting device for carriages comprising a socket plate having a hollow cylindrical portion provided with oppositely disposed wings, said cylindrical portion projecting at one end beyond said wings and having intersecting slots, a standard provided with a contracted end extending through said cylindrical portion of the plate and having a flat shank portion terminating in shoulders adaptedto rest in said slots, the shank portion of said standard our signatures in the presence of tWo Witbelng concaved near one end thereof, a connesses.

caved slotted socket member seated in said JAKE CARLTON WVILLIAMS. concaved portion, and an umbrella stick ANGUS B. CONNER.

5 holder passing through said member and Witnesses:

aperture of the standard, as set forth. BENJ. GILLIT,

In testimony whereof We hereunto aifix M. .F. DONDU. 

